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BUTYLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butylate mean? 

BUTYLATE (verb)
  The verb BUTYLATE has 1 sense:

1. introduce the butyl group into a chemical compoundplay

  Familiarity information: BUTYLATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTYLATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they butylate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it butylates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: butylated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: butylated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: butylating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "butylate" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

butyl (a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9))


 Context examples 


Butylated Hydroxyanisole is a widely used synthetic antioxidant in foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals mainly to preserve fats and oils.

(Butylated Hydroxyanisole, NCI Thesaurus)

Butylated Hydroxyanisole is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Butylated Hydroxyanisole, NCI Thesaurus)



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